The use of variance components for the assessment of outcome measures in rheumatology

Journal of Applied Statistics

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 145-159

  Allen, E J ^a   Farewell, V T ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC BIOSTATISTICS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agreement; Measurement; Myositis; Reliability; Variance components

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650071009     PISSN: 02664763     EISSN: 13600532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02664760903301135     Document Type: Article

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